Malware protection for virtual machines
US11604876B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method at a data management system comprises: receiving, at a storage appliance from a server hosting a virtual machine, a write made to the virtual machine; computing, at the storage appliance, a fingerprint of the transmitted write; comparing, at the storage appliance, the computed fingerprint to malware fingerprints in a malware catalog; repeating the computing and comparing; and disabling the virtual machine if a number of matches from the comparing breaches a predetermined threshold over a predetermined amount of time.
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